>>>>> "Piotr" == Piotr J Misztal ">misztal@cs.uga.edu> writes:
Piotr> I just upgraded a lab to Mandrake 7.0 from redhat 5.2 and I
Piotr> have a curious problem. When PVM gets started by root,
Piotr> everything is fine. When anyone else starts it, it doesn't
Piotr> work. The output is: ./pvmd [pvmd pid11853] 05/12 15:23:31
Piotr> mksocs() bind netsock: Cannot assign requested address
Piotr> [pvmd pid11853] 05/12 15:23:31 pvmbailout(0)
Piotr> I know no other copies are running and I have verified it
Piotr> with multiple users. Can anyone out there shed any light on
Piotr> this?
Sounds like pvmd is trying to bind to a port numbered < 1024.
This can only be done by root (at least on real OSen :), so that
jrandomluser can't start up his own copy of a trusted service on the
dedicated port.
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